Famous Stories
A Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was selling
goods from door to door to pay his way through school,
found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman
opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a
drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought
him a large glass of milk.
He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much
do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied.
"Mother has taught us never to accept payment for a kindness."

He said, "Then I thank you from my heart."
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt
stronger physically, but his faith in God and man
was strong also. He had been ready to give up and
quit.

Years later that young woman became critically ill.
The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent
her to the big city, where they called in specialists
to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called
in for the consultation. When he heard the name of
the town she came from, a strange light filled his
eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to
her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown, he went in to see her.
He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room
determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave
special attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested
the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.
He looked at it, and then wrote something on the edge and the
bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it for she was sure
it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally,
she looked, and something caught her attention on the side as
she read these words...

"Paid in full with one glass of milk. (Signed)
Dr. Howard Kelly."
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed,
"Thank You, God, your love has spread abroad
through human hearts and hands."